Seven days of questions and answers

Harry Potter Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. What must someone do to summon the Room of Requirement?

    Answer: walk past its wall three times while focusing on a need

    A person makes the Room of Requirement appear by walking past its wall three times while concentrating on what is needed.

  2. What kind of charm is Lumos?

    Answer: Wand-Lighting Charm

    Lumos is the Wand-Lighting Charm.

  3. Which subject does McGonagall teach?

    Answer: Transfiguration

    She teaches Transfiguration.

  4. Which red-haired student becomes Harry’s closest male friend?

    Answer: Ron Weasley

    Ron Weasley is the youngest Weasley son and Harry’s best friend.

  5. Which snowy owl belongs to Harry?

    Answer: Hedwig

    Hedwig is the snowy owl given to Harry before his first school year.

Daily round

  1. Which animal symbolizes Hufflepuff?

    Answer: badger

    The badger symbolizes Hufflepuff.

  2. Which Hogwarts house does Ron join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Ron Weasley joins Gryffindor.

  3. Which professor has a secret lifelong connection to Lily Potter?

    Answer: Severus Snape

    Severus Snape is the professor with a long secret connection to Lily Potter.

  4. Which hippogriff appears in Hagrid’s first Care of Magical Creatures lesson?

    Answer: Buckbeak

    Buckbeak is the proud hippogriff introduced in Hagrid’s class.

  5. Which teacher introduces Buckbeak?

    Answer: Rubeus Hagrid

    Rubeus Hagrid introduces Buckbeak in class.

Daily round

  1. Which phoenix belongs to Dumbledore?

    Answer: Fawkes

    Fawkes is the scarlet-and-gold phoenix kept by Dumbledore.

  2. Who founded Ravenclaw house?

    Answer: Rowena Ravenclaw

    Rowena Ravenclaw founded the Hogwarts house that bears her surname.

  3. Which incantation lights the tip of a wand?

    Answer: Lumos

    Lumos is the incantation creating light at a wand tip.

  4. Which player pursues the Golden Snitch?

    Answer: Seeker

    The Seeker pursues the Golden Snitch.

  5. Which Deathly Hallow hides its wearer from sight?

    Answer: Invisibility Cloak

    Invisibility Cloak is the garment that hides its wearer from sight.

Daily round

  1. At which school does Hagrid work?

    Answer: Hogwarts

    Rubeus Hagrid works at Hogwarts.

  2. Which wizard keeps Fawkes?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Albus Dumbledore keeps Fawkes.

  3. At which village station does the Hogwarts Express end its journey?

    Answer: Hogsmeade station

    The Hogwarts Express carries students from London to Hogsmeade station.

  4. Who originally owned Ron’s first wand?

    Answer: Charlie Weasley

    His first wand originally belonged to Charlie.

  5. Where is Slytherin’s common room located?

    Answer: beneath the lake

    Its common room is beneath the lake.

Daily round

  1. Who demonstrates Expelliarmus at the Duelling Club?

    Answer: Severus Snape

    Snape demonstrates Expelliarmus by disarming Lockhart at the Duelling Club.

  2. Which scarlet train carries students to Hogwarts?

    Answer: Hogwarts Express

    Hogwarts Express is the scarlet train carrying students to school.

  3. Which winged Quidditch ball does the Seeker chase?

    Answer: Golden Snitch

    Golden Snitch is the small winged ball pursued during Quidditch.

  4. Who founded Slytherin house?

    Answer: Salazar Slytherin

    Salazar Slytherin founded the Hogwarts house that bears his surname.

  5. What information does the Marauder’s Map track inside Hogwarts?

    Answer: people’s current locations

    The Marauder’s Map shows the current locations of people moving through Hogwarts.

Daily round

  1. What form does a fully corporeal Patronus take?

    Answer: an animal

    A corporeal Patronus has an animal form.

  2. What must a student answer to enter Ravenclaw Tower?

    Answer: a riddle

    Its tower entrance asks a riddle.

  3. What kind of charm is Expelliarmus?

    Answer: Disarming Charm

    Expelliarmus is the Disarming Charm.

  4. Which founder’s weapon can emerge from the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: the Sword of Gryffindor

    Its founder’s sword appears from the Sorting Hat.

  5. What shape is the scar on Harry Potter’s forehead?

    Answer: a lightning bolt

    Harry’s forehead scar has the shape of a lightning bolt.

Daily round

  1. Who anonymously gives Harry the Invisibility Cloak at Christmas?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Dumbledore anonymously returns James Potter’s Invisibility Cloak to Harry at Christmas.

  2. What kind of charm is Alohomora?

    Answer: Unlocking Charm

    Alohomora is the Unlocking Charm.

  3. Which Hogwarts house does Hermione join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Hermione Granger joins Gryffindor.

  4. Which dark wizard was born Tom Marvolo Riddle?

    Answer: Lord Voldemort

    Lord Voldemort is the dark wizard who divides his soul to avoid death.

  5. What species of giant spider is Aragog?

    Answer: Acromantula

    He is an Acromantula.